Disentangling organizational support construct: The role of different sources of support to newcomers' training transfer and organizational commitment

Personnel Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-320

  Simosi, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Commitment; Greece; Organizational supports; Skill transfer; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859388030     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481211212959     Document Type: Article

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